1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0
Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice et al.
491 U.S. 440 · 109 S. Ct. 2558 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3119
The record
- Term
- 1988
- Decided
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 88-429
- U.S. Reports
- 491 U.S. 440
- S. Ct. citation
- 109 S. Ct. 2558
- LEXIS citation
- 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3119
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCC?
M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Special concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Anthony Kennedy | Special concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Unknown |
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